In addition to letting users stream online services like Netflix
and Hulu, Amazon is offering games for play.

Users will be able to play mobile games on their TVs in addition
to exclusive games created by Amazon Game Studios. The biggest
news was the announcement of its first game, a sci-fi tower
defense shooter, “Sev Zero.”

"Earth is threatened by an alien species, the Ne’ahtu. Early in
the 22nd century, the Ne’ahtu
infected Earth’s energy grid with a computer virus that disabled
the planet’s defenses. Before the Ne’ahtu could strike, computer
prodigy Amy Ramanujan neutralized the alien computer virus and
saved the planet. Now, the Ne’ahtu are back and Dr. Ramanujan is
trying to prevent them from another all-out invasion of Earth.
Switching between towers (to launch various missiles and
grenades) and face-to-face combat (to attack with machine guns),
the player’s mission is to join Dr. Ramanujan and defend Earth
from the Ne’ahtu.

In Sev Zero, players can jump between environments—start
in tower defense mode to build out towers and assess the
surroundings, and then beam down to shooter mode for face-to-face
combat against the Ne’ahtu. Players can also bring friends and
family into the action with the Sev Zero companion
tablet app, Sev Zero: Air Support. With this
multi-player, multi-screen experience, players help each other
thwart the enemies—one player is in Air Support mode initiating
air strikes from their tablet while the other player is in
face-to-face combat mode."

According to Amazon, the game is the first in a series of
titles being built exclusively for the company.

"Sev Zero" is available for $6.99 —
much more affordable than any console games which usually retail
for around $49.99-$59.99. You need one of Amazon’s
$39.99 game controllers to play.

Though Amazon says its not trying to compete with Sony's PS4 and
Microsoft's Xbox One the game strikes us as similar to console
hits "Mass Effect" and "Halo."